TIM TAM SLAM!

My best mate from Aussieland, Charlie Rea, is engaged and getting married in January and I couldn't be happier for her!

We had so many fun adventures running around Provo, stealing cherries, going on bike rides, boys*, and sneaking into spooky places. I've missed her tons since she left but I'm hoping now she and her new hubby Adam will come visit. Or maybe I'll try and convince Matt that we need to take a trip to Australia. I wouldn't mind...

Mr. and Mrs. Harriman!

The other day, along with her wedding announcement, Charlie sent me a box of Tim-Tams. An Australian favorite. Late late at night we used to have what Charlie called "Tim-Tam Slams." You bite a little off of each end of the Tim Tam cookie and then drink hot chocolate through it. It melts the chocolate perfectly and is absolutely delicious. I am still quite excited about it.

Thanks again Chuck, and I want to see you SOON!!

Have a Blue Christmas

We had our True Blue Christmas party last week and taped 4 shows in one day. Then as we were wrapping up the party, we found out we had no sound on 2 of the shows. SO everyone went back to work and we RE-taped 2 shows  making our total 6 SHOWS in ONE DAY.

Oh well, with these guys it's always fun!

Make sure to watch the Las Vegas bowl game 6pm (Utah time) on Saturday Dec. 20th!

Congrats!

   Congrats to Johnny Hatch and his lovely bride Becky! 

We were so glad to spend some time with you on your special day!

Christmas questionnaire

SO I first got this as an email from my lovely mom-in-law and it was fun to see what she wrote and think of my own answers. Then Sydney tagged me with the same questionnaire and I owe her one:) 

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? mostly wrapped but i'm a mess when it comes to tape so sometimes i just throw it in a bag.

2. Real tree or Artificial?    always had a real tree growing up but being in college i bought a fake one for me and my roommates. now we still use that fake one.

3. When do you put up the tree? Weekend after Thanksgiving

4. When do you take the tree down?  After new years, when we get back from visiting family

5. Do you like egg nog?  i can stand a couple sips but only if it is watered down with milk.

6. Favorite gift received as a child?  a magic trick kit, i didnt even ask santa for it but somehow he knew. still trying to figure that one out...

7. Do you have a nativity scene? no because all the ones i see are ugly.

8. Hardest person to buy for? my dad and grandpa. they say they don't care but then they end up with stuff they never use.

9. Easiest to buy for? my sisters. they'll take anything.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? well since it's only matt and i, i don't see the point. maybe someday.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I'm not telling

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?  Home Alone/Muppets Christmas/Christmas Vacation

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Hmmm not that I remember

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? anything you put in front of me. I especially love my mom's different homemade candies andsugar cookies.

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree?  I think the white ones are classy but I still use the colored ones because Im old school and thats what i grew up with. 

17. Favorite Christmas song?  The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole and Merry Christmas Darling by the Carpenters

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Well we get to travel since we live in Utah and our family is every where else. Next year Janice! Next Year! 

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?  Sure can.

20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? I used to think this was a special family tradition but since coming to BYU I've found that every other Mormon family does it too. PJ's Christmas eve, everything else Christmas day.

21. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Trying to figure out what to get people and having to deal with college kids who don't know how to drive in the smallest amount of snow.

22. Favorite ornament theme or color? no preference yet

23. Favorite for Christmas dinner?  I'm pretty sure we've done ham in the past but this year might be different.

24. What do you want for Christmas this year? ...?

25. What is your Christmas wish for the World? More love and tolerance. And on a personal note---Matt to figure out what he wants to do with his life!

Ashlee, Ashley, Christina, Jason, Jamie, and Sarah. You're up:) 

Toni is True Blue

So I'm not really the blogging type but I felt my awesome wife deserved a shoutout for all the hard work she does for her show True Blue.

1. As in, it only takes 1. She owns the show. Her ability to dominate the teleprompter has earned the nickname of "One Take Toni."
2. Two talented. Get it? I'm doing a theme of numbers with words that describe Toni. Her talent is obvious, as she has an on-screen presence rivaled by no one.
3. She's 3 times the reporter anyone else is. Ok that was pushing it. But the work she puts in does not go unnoticed, especially by me (how could it she's my sugar mama).

Balancing her work with all she does at home (she's very festive) and putting up with me earns Toni a Tommy Point and a Matty Point. I love you Bones.

tradition

These may not look like much in the pan, but notice how there are only a few left? Proof that they are delicious. 

Tonight we continued a tradition that Matt and I started a couple years ago. Homemade cinnamon rolls and Home Alone. We had some family over for a cozy evening and it made me even more excited to go home for the Holidays. Two more weeks!

Hotel & Bar

Still no snow in Provo. Is anyone else amazed? (and grateful?) This past Thursday the Varsity Theater in the Wilk (which I've never been to except for classes) was showing A Muppet's Christmas Carol (see previous post for pic).  So my sisters, Matt, and I took advantage of the wonderful opportunity to see this movie in all its glory on the big screen and went to the 9pm showing. Cousins Paul and Stu came as well so we had a mini family reunion while watching the Muppets in a theater for the first time since 1992! I couldn't believe it was that old. Neither could Meg---she would've been 2 years old at the time. Crazy.

Anyway, right before we got to the theater Matt got a call from one of my all time favorite people--Grandpa Dave. The summer before we got married Matt worked for Dave on his farm. I had the pleasure of visiting them frequently on his beautiful land, and I also was able to develop a fun relationship with Matt's Grandpa.

 He gave me many words of wisdom on men and marriage that I am still so thankful for. I remember sitting out on his porch under the stars just the two of us talking. Matt would peek out the window wondering what we were talking about. I'll never tell haha. I'm just lucky to know such an insightful guy.

That night he was calling to stay with us for the night because he was on his way back to Idaho from Arizona.  I love having him over to share his latest adventures! The next morning when I got up he was already gone but he left this for me on our message board...

A check for "Hotel & Bar". I love that guy.